Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning
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About the Role
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is hiring a Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning to lead strategic planning, foresight, and corporate performance initiatives. You will work with executive leadership to develop and implement strategic frameworks.
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Responsibilities
- Lead corporate and divisional strategic planning by developing and implementing planning frameworks, methodologies, governance processes, and planning cycles
- Facilitate engagement with executive leadership and cross functional teams to establish strategic priorities, objectives, initiatives, and implementation roadmaps
- Monitor progress toward strategic objectives, assess emerging risks and opportunities, provide strategic advice to support executive decision making and organizational alignment
- Lead strategic foresight activities by conducting environmental and horizon scanning, trend analysis, strategic intelligence gathering, and the application of foresight methodologies
- Assess implications for strategic objectives, develop strategic options, recommendations, and risk mitigation approaches that strengthen organizational resilience and long term sustainability
- Lead and support integrated organizational planning by guiding divisions in the development of business plans that translate strategic priorities and objectives into operational plans and measurable deliverables
- Monitor implementation progress, identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities for continuous improvement, and provide reporting and insights
- Lead organizational performance measurement, reporting, and continuous improvement by developing and applying performance measurement frameworks, continuous improvement methodologies, KPIs, benchmarks, and reporting processes
- Analyze performance data, conduct benchmark research, identify performance trends, emerging risks, and opportunities for improvement, and provide recommendations and risk mitigation strategies
- Lead enterprise prioritization processes by developing frameworks and approaches that assess, sequence, and align initiatives, projects, resources, and activities with strategic priorities
- Oversee the implementation of key strategic initiatives, monitor progress, performance, emerging risks, and recovery plans, and provide analysis and recommendations
- Lead the development and coordination of AGCO's multi year Business Plan and Annual Report, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, organizational performance, and regulatory requirements
Requirements
- A degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Law, Economics, Business Administration, Strategic Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- 5–8+ years of progressive experience in strategic planning, strategic foresight, business planning, organizational performance, policy analysis, program evaluation, corporate performance, or related functions
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategic plans, business plans, performance measurement frameworks, KPIs, benchmarks, and reporting processes
- Extensive experience applying strategic foresight methodologies, including environmental scanning, horizon scanning, trend analysis, scenario planning, and strategic intelligence gathering
- Strong quantitative and qualitative research, analytical, and evaluation skills
- Extensive knowledge and experience designing, implementing, and evaluating performance measurement frameworks, outcome measures, KPIs, benchmarks, reporting systems, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Demonstrated ability to assess organizational performance, identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities, and develop recommendations and mitigation strategies
- Comprehensive understanding of the provincial, federal, and broader public policy environment
- Strong political acuity, sound judgment, and the ability to analyze, communicate, and provide advice on complex, sensitive, and high profile issues
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, facilitation, relationship management, and consensus building skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with experience preparing strategic plans, business plans, executive briefings, reports, presentations, and decision support materials
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, SharePoint, and other planning, reporting, and performance management tools
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About the job
- The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is an agency where smart ideas, innovation and real impact come together to drive excellence.
- The Strategic Planning, Prioritization, and Corporate Performance Branch is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Advisor, Strategic Planning to provide strategic leadership in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of AGCO's strategic planning, corporate performance,
What You Will Do
- Strategic Planning: Lead corporate and divisional strategic planning by developing and implementing planning frameworks, methodologies, governance processes, and planning cycles, and facilitating engagement with executive leadership and cross functional teams to establish strategic priorities, objec
- Strategic Foresight: Lead strategic foresight activities by conducting environmental and horizon scanning, trend analysis, strategic intelligence gathering, and the application of foresight methodologies to identify emerging trends, opportunities, risks, and potential disruptions.
- Divisional Business Planning: Lead and support integrated organizational planning by guiding divisions in the development of business plans that translate strategic priorities and objectives into operational plans and measurable deliverables.
- Organizational Performance: Lead organizational performance measurement, reporting, and continuous improvement by developing and applying performance measurement frameworks, continuous improvement methodologies, KPIs, benchmarks, and reporting processes.
- Strategic Prioritization & Initiatives: Lead enterprise prioritization processes by developing frameworks and approaches that assess, sequence, and align initiatives, projects, resources, and activities with strategic priorities.
- Corporate Planning: Lead the development and coordination of AGCO's multi year Business Plan and Annual Report, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, organizational performance, and regulatory requirements.
- Executive Meetings: Lead the development and preparation of strategic presentations, briefing materials, and decision support documents for Executive Meetings.
- Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support strategic and corporate planning objectives.
What you bring to the team
- A degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Law, Economics, Business Administration, Strategic Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- 5–8+ years of progressive experience in strategic planning, strategic foresight, business planning, organizational performance, policy analysis, program evaluation, corporate performance, or related functions
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing strategic plans, business plans, performance measurement frameworks, KPIs, benchmarks, and reporting processes
- Extensive experience applying strategic foresight methodologies, including environmental scanning, horizon scanning, trend analysis, scenario planning, and strategic intelligence gathering
- Strong quantitative and qualitative research, analytical, and evaluation skills
- Extensive knowledge and experience designing, implementing, and evaluating performance measurement frameworks, outcome measures, KPIs, benchmarks, reporting systems, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Demonstrated ability to assess organizational performance, identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities, and develop recommendations and mitigation strategies
- Comprehensive understanding of the provincial, federal, and broader public policy environment
- Strong political acuity, sound judgment, and the ability to analyze, communicate, and provide advice on complex, sensitive, and high profile issues
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, facilitation, relationship management, and consensus building skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with experience preparing strategic plans, business plans, executive briefings, reports, presentations, and decision support materials
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, SharePoint, and other planning, reporting, and performance management tools
Salary
- CAD 103,518.00 CAD 129,393.00 Per year
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